From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Cc: Mike Mattie <codermattie@gmail.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: paths are sensative to double separators
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:33:56 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwviqm54p7g.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <buoljr2gqd6.fsf@dhlpc061.dev.necel.com> (Miles Bader's message of "Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:09:57 +0900")
> It's a feature, as it makes filename entry more convenient, as you can
> enter absolute filenames without erasing the existing path when entering
> a filename.
Yes, it's a feature in find-file (actually in the underlying
`read-file-name' function). It's normally only used for interactive
filename entry, with one historical exception: `load'.
It's implemented by `substitute-in-file-name' which additionally does
expansion of envvars, so (load "$FOOBAR/lisp/toto.el") also works.
This `load' exception is undesirable, but at this point, it's not clear
whether it's best to fix it or to preserve compatibility.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-19 13:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-19 1:50 paths are sensative to double separators Mike Mattie
2009-03-19 2:50 ` xah lee
2009-03-19 5:42 ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2009-03-19 6:54 ` Miles Bader
2009-03-19 16:33 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2009-03-19 19:37 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-03-20 0:38 ` xah lee
2009-03-19 9:48 ` Sebastian Rose
2009-03-19 11:16 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2009-03-19 14:20 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-03-19 15:33 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2009-03-20 5:48 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-03-20 12:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-03-20 14:55 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-03-20 20:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-03-20 21:24 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2009-03-20 22:56 ` Sebastian Rose
2009-03-21 0:12 ` Miles Bader
2009-03-21 4:43 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-03-21 16:04 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2009-03-20 15:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-03-20 20:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-03-19 15:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-03-19 19:08 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2009-03-19 23:59 ` Byung-Hee HWANG
2009-03-19 3:09 ` Miles Bader
2009-03-19 10:26 ` Sebastian Rose
2009-03-19 15:46 ` Miles Bader
2009-03-19 20:32 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-03-19 21:18 ` Sebastian Rose
2009-03-19 13:33 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2009-03-19 17:50 ` Mike Mattie
2009-03-19 20:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-03-19 21:32 ` Mike Mattie
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2009-03-19 21:25 Xavier Maillard
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